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November 27, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The original 1963 Volkswagen Beetle used in two of the ‘Herbie’ films has sold at auction in New York for US$86,250, or around NZ$132,000. The car pictured here was the star of...
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November 6, 2015 |
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American motoring industry maverick Bob Lutz says former Volkswagen Group board chairman Ferdinand Piech was “more than likely the root cause” of the carmaker’s diesel emissions...
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November 4, 2015 |
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The so-called ‘dieselgate’ scandal has deepened with the Volkswagen Group admitting that fuel consumption and emissions claims for up to 800,000 of its cars were “set too low”. In...
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November 3, 2015 |
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has added a new Volkswagen Group engine and several more models to the list of vehicles it says were equipped with the emissions cheating device. The...
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October 16, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way and Hollywood’s Paramount Pictures have reportedly secured the film rights to an upcoming book about the Volkswagen diesel...
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October 6, 2015 |
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New Zealand owners of Volkswagen Group vehicles affected by the emissions cheating scandal might be able to sue the carmaker, says Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin. But they would...
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September 24, 2015 |
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The software designed to bamboozle diesel emissions tests in the United States could be lurking in the engines of Volkswagen vehicles in New Zealand –“we just don’t know yet,” said...
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July 22, 2015 |
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Volkswagen will post details of the new Golf R wagon on its New Zealand website in the next few weeks to get some idea of demand before the car arrives here early next year. The company’s...
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June 4, 2015 |
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The new Volkswagen Passat range goes into a segment of the new car market in New Zealand that is getting smaller all the time, squeezed on all sides by segments in which Volkswagen itself...
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April 28, 2015 |
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First, Ferdinand Piech, the chairman of pretty much everything at the Volkswagen Group, criticised the company’s chief executive officer Martin Winterkorn, saying he was “at a...
